My new '06 plate 987 S

[mathmos]

Hello all, I thought you might like to see my 987 s, i've had it for about 4 weeks now and I am absolutely loving it

These pic's were taken after I had a detailer come around do do a wash, polish and wax on the car

[smithmi81]

Nice looking car. I was so close to getting one of these in a slightly darker grey.

[soad]

Very nice, they sound decent too.

[mathmos]

smithmi81 said:

Nice looking car. I was so close to getting one of these in a slightly darker grey.

Ah yeah, mine is in GT Silver, seems to sit about 1/2 way between the Arctic silver and the Seal Grey.

[Beefmeister]

Put your blummin roof down!!!



Only messing, they are lovely motors, and yours has a nice wheel/colour combo.

[OllyHill]

Lovely - now all you need is the porsche sports exhaust! You'll enjoy the car twice as much!

[Hitch78]

soad said:

Very nice, they sound decent too.

See now I don't think they do. Awesomely capable, a brilliant place to be and wonderful value for the huge amount of performance (and before any ricer turbo boys get excited I'm talking about the whole perforance package not just bhp or sprint times) you get...but I sold mine because it didn't make any noise and it left me a little cold.

I am, however, always jealous when I see people at the helm of one. And that is a lovely colour combo. Maybe I need another, just with a sports exhaust this time!

Well done op.

[russy01]

very nice car mate, would look better with the roof down mind.

Sound nice and go well. I hate people who stereotype them, its a great car no matter what else porsche make.

[mathmos]

Thanks guys, I must say I am really enjoying owning one, I don't think I have owned anything that feels quite so planted on the road and it just never seems unsettled by the dodgy British pot-holed roads

I've come from a Z4 and the straight 6 rumble on that was a pretty nice noise, but I really like the sounds the boxster makes, especially at around about 4-5k rpm is something else.

Sorry about the roof chaps, it's certainly down when I am driving it

[caymanred]

remus exhaust!

[Ry_B]

Lovely lovely...I plan to own one of these some day, great car.

[X'd]

Hi Stewart, Lee here. How's the car, keeping shiny?

[Hairspray]

Gorgeous car, I aspire to one someday

[Pulse]

Very nice! How are you finding it compared to the Z4?

[princeperch]

looks like you live in Balls Park. Used to walk the dog round there a few years ago..

[mathmos]

X'd said:

Hi Stewart, Lee here. How's the car, keeping shiny?

Hey Lee, yep it's been great thanks! Certainly a lot easier to keep clean since you worked your detailing magic on it!

Pulse said:

Very nice! How are you finding it compared to the Z4?

Well the Z4 was fun, but it has to be said the ride was pretty harsh, any bumps in the road and you would really feel it. The Porsche just seems to ride over them without feeling like they are shaking your bones, so it never seems unsettled by the road surface. The handling seems a lot more neutral, so going round the bends it seems to grip and grip and grip, I haven't got anywhere near the edge yet, and because it feels so planted it gives you a lot of confidence that the car will cope quite happily with whatever you throw at it.

So at the moment I am absolutly loving it...but it's not cheap, I've just had a major service, it didn't need anything doing to it over and above what they cover in the service and it was still into 4 figures. MPG is mid to low 20's on a comute, with 30-35 on the motorway.

princeperch said:

looks like you live in Balls Park. Used to walk the dog round there a few years ago..

Spot on! Great place to live...apart from all the tree's spitting sap and tree crap all over me nice car!

[Pulse]

Ouch @ the service! The major service on my 3.0si is £350. I agree though - the Porsche for me was just TOO good at what it does I think, so I never had the sensation of speed. I tried a Cayman S.

[princeperch]

mathmos said:

X'd said:

Hi Stewart, Lee here. How's the car, keeping shiny?

Hey Lee, yep it's been great thanks! Certainly a lot easier to keep clean since you worked your detailing magic on it!

Pulse said:

Very nice! How are you finding it compared to the Z4?

Well the Z4 was fun, but it has to be said the ride was pretty harsh, any bumps in the road and you would really feel it. The Porsche just seems to ride over them without feeling like they are shaking your bones, so it never seems unsettled by the road surface. The handling seems a lot more neutral, so going round the bends it seems to grip and grip and grip, I haven't got anywhere near the edge yet, and because it feels so planted it gives you a lot of confidence that the car will cope quite happily with whatever you throw at it.

So at the moment I am absolutly loving it...but it's not cheap, I've just had a major service, it didn't need anything doing to it over and above what they cover in the service and it was still into 4 figures. MPG is mid to low 20's on a comute, with 30-35 on the motorway.

princeperch said:

looks like you live in Balls Park. Used to walk the dog round there a few years ago..

Spot on! Great place to live...apart from all the tree's spitting sap and tree crap all over me nice car!

Indeed. I used to live in Brookside over the road...